Housing
Covid-19: Here’s what occupations in Cape Town are doing in response to the pandemic
Woodstock Hospital is well prepared, but occupiers at Central Methodist Church and Helen Bowden Nurses Home are at great risk
By James Stent
News | 19 March 2020
“I don’t know where I will sleep or get money to buy materials to rebuild my shack”
The City of Cape Town acted on a court order at the weekend demolishing dozens of shacks
By Vincent Lali
News | 17 March 2020
Love dispute blamed for 66 families displaced by shack fire
“We are suffering for arguments between people we don’t know” says victim
Brief | 16 March 2020
Our farm had to evict people: It was lawful and justified
Francina Petersen was dismissed for chronic absenteeism and offered alternative accommodation
By Lance Bouma
Right to reply | 12 March 2020
Human Settlements make about turn on “poorly built” RDP foundations
116 cement slabs are to be rebuilt at Despatch housing project
Brief | 10 March 2020
Women march against evictions in Drakenstein
“Share the land with those who work on it”
By Liezl Human
Brief | 6 March 2020
Marikana occupiers reach landmark agreement with property owners
Showdown in Supreme Court of Appeal averted
Law | 6 March 2020
Circus occupiers picket for housing
Occupiers are expected back in court next month
Brief | 6 March 2020
Community leaders warn of violence and conflict over land in Port Elizabeth
Residents of two informal settlements and a backyarder group are at each other’s throats over allocation of serviced sites
News | 4 March 2020